COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The participants for the 2025 Mountain West Football Championship will be determined by a composite average of computer metrics and announced the morning of Sunday, Nov. 30.
Boise State, New Mexico and San Diego State all finished MW play with 6-2 records. UNLV would join the group at 6-2 with a win over Nevada on Saturday.
The metrics used to determine the game’s participants will be a composite average of Connelly SP+, ESPN SOR, KPI and SportSource rankings. Once the two participants are determined, the tie will revert to a head-to-head comparison to determine the host, proceeding again to the metrics if the teams did not play each other this season.
If the tied group includes just Boise State, New Mexico and San Diego State, the group all went 1-1 against each other. Since the tie could not be broken by head-to-head results, computer metrics would break the tie. The top two teams in that group will advance as participants for the MW Championship game, reverting to a two-team tiebreaker to determine the host.
If UNLV joins the tied group, all four teams did not face each other, so the tie would again need to be broken by the computer metrics. The top two teams would advance as participants to the title game, with the two reverting to a two-team tiebreaker to determine the game’s host.
The Mountain West Football Championship, set for Friday, Dec. 5, will air on FOX for the sixth straight season. The contest is set for a 6 p.m. MT/5 p.m. PT start, with the Mountain West Network Pregame Live Show preceding the game.
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